Visible Image ladybird card

Good afternoon!!

We're currently away for a few weeks house hunting in Norfolk, but of course I couldn't come away without the crafting essentials and as the weather hasn't been the best I've been able to squeeze in some crafty time.

I made this card using a selection of Visible image stamps. 

 

Cut a piece of card to fit a 6 x 6 pre-folded card blank. 

Stamp the ladybirds in black ink and emboss with clear embossing powder.

Apply a thin layer of pebeo masking fluid to the ladybirds with a synthetic brush.

Spray the card with a fine mister spray then sprinkle a combination of lime green and lemon brushos. Don't forget less is more!!

You can add more water and brushos until your happy with the overall look. If your card is too wet use some kitchen roll to dab some of the ink up.

Dry with a heat gun.

Stamp the sentiments in black ink and emboss with clear embossing powder.

Randomly stamp the circles from the chain reaction in rustic wilderness Distress oxide. 

Use some kitchen roll to dab off any ink on the masking fluid. 

Use you finger or a glue eraser to remove the masking fluid. 

Colour the ladybirds in your preferred medium, I used Ecoline water colour pens - 334 & 442. Use a water brush to blend the colours.

Add some highlights with a white sakura pen.

Finally mount your topper onto black card and onto your pre-folded 6x6 card blank.

Thank you for joining me, hopefully I'll be back in a few days with another post.

X - Dena - X

 

Bee Crafty Ladybird card

Hi Everyone!!

Made this really quick card last night using Doodled Ladybird and Art backrounds 1 from Bee Crafty.

Cut a piece of card to fit a pre-folded 6x6 card blank.

Stamp the ladybird twice in black ink and emboss with clear embossing powder. 

Using a synthetic brush apply a thin layer of Pebeo masking fluid to the ladybirds.

Spritz the card with a fine mister spray bottle of water then sprinkle a small amount of lime green and yellow Brushos over the card. Don't forget less is more!!! Spritz with more water if needed and apply more Brushos until your happy with the overall look. If you do find you have too much just dab with some kitchen roll to remove a little ink. The background will need to be completely dry to continue stamping but you can speed this process up by drying with a heat gun.

Stamp the random circles from the art backgrounds stamp set in Twisted Citroen oxide ink.

Stamp the borders and some of the other elements in versafine black ink.

Remove the masking fluid with a glue eraser. 

Colour the ladybird and border using your preferred medium, for this I used my new Ecoline water colour pens.

I then ran a black ink pad around the edges of the card. I would normally mount the card onto black but I have to admit I was being very lazy and couldn't be bothered to pull all my black card out as I did make this really late at night. 

Finally mount the card topper onto a pre-folded card blank.

Thank you so much for joining me!

X - Dena - X